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Fleet Prison

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Fleet Prison former jail in London, England. Rebuilt after it was destroyed in the Peasants' Revolt of 1381, again after the great fire of 1666, and once more after the Gordon riots of 1780, it was finally demolished in 1845-46. After the 17th cent. it was notable as a debtors' prison. Fleet marriages were clandestine and irregular ceremonies performed at Fleet Prison by debtor clergymen. Although not illegal, the system was so abused that it was abolished in the reign of George II. Author not available, FLEET PRISON. , The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition 2007 ... Read more
fleet
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology fleet2 (dial.) run of water OE.; (hist.) The Fleet that flowing into the Thames between Ludgate Hill and Fleet Street; (hence) the prison near it XIII. OE. flēot (also flēote or -a ), corr. to OFris. flēt , (M)Du. vliet , MHG ... Read more
Bridewell
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition , area in London, England, between Fleet St. and the Thames River. The Bridewell house of correction ... homeless apprentices. The building later became a prison. Bridewell thus came to be used as a general term for a prison or house of correction. Read more

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